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Zaun lacks women!

Chembaron Yamada··6 votes·1,377 views

A discussion in a recent thread made me aware of this problem. Out of 12 Zaunite champions, just 2 are female!

Female Zaunites Janna Jinx

Male Zaunites Blitzcrank DrMundo Ekko Singed Twitch Warwick Viktor Urgot Zac Ziggs

Just 1/6 of the champion roster from Zaun are female! This is the lowest women quota of any region in the game except the void (which just has Rek'Sai). And while these 2 females are really fine (one being perfect girlfriend material, the other is a friendly wind spirit), I think we could do something about this.

And so it's time again to make suggestion what kind of female Zaunites could be explored by Riot!

Yandere / Psychotic Obsession Urgot got his rework and his story is telling us he is testing people about their worth. And it seems that he created an own cult, the Sons of Ur. I could imagine a young girl got tested by him and survived, then she became a Daughter of Ur. And maybe she became obsessed with Urgot over the years. She could be a cruel assassin with chemtech chainsaws, trying to make Urgot senpai noticing her. It could fill another trope we are currently lacking in the champion pool: the gross girl.

A female that is not beautiful, not even average looking, but obviously gross. Having chemtech tubes, replacing her flesh with metal and that stuff. Of course, the person of interest doesn't have to be Urgot, but could be another champion or even side character in the lore. This story was just what came into my mind for that psychotic assassin lady.

Medic In my opinion, it was great to see a friendly side of Zaun when Ekko was released. It was showing us that there are indeed people living in the slums, who want to make Zaun a better place to live in for everyone.

Then we know that the Zaun Grey is causing many medical problems down there. I thought it could be interesting to have a medic champion from Zaun, who tries to find solutions for these diseases, without requiring the ill person to replace their bodyparts with augmentations. She could have a rivalry with Singed, since she sees him as the most responsible for these problems.

Chembaroness Every now and then, we get a new champion who kills Chembarons, even if their reasoning might differ. Camille Warwick Urgot

Urgot was initially investigated as a possible chembaron champion, since we could really use one. But it made more sense for him to be that idealistic anarchist, which resulted in this trope still not being filled yet. So, why not making the first chembaroness of the game?

She could be an elegant mafia boss, or a chemtechdriven monstrosity filling the gross girl trope. There are different approaches for her thematic, but I think a chembaroness would be worth investigating one way or another.

Maybe to be continued...

Anyway, what are your thoughts about this? Which kind of female Zaunites could you imagine? Do you have an interesting idea for a background? Personality? Look?

Tell me in the comments! And please, Riot, give your beloved Satomi another waifu! [sg-janna]

18 Comments

SEKAI5 votes

The next female character from Zaun should be a monster of sort. Chemically altered from unknown test subjects, in the similar vein as Warwick, but more "complete" so no water pump on the back or anything, and they will be a savage monster, an augmented savage monster of a killing machine.

It will be like the hound of the Chembaron, unleashed to "get things done", like a good hunting dog.

They will be given a feminine name, which is either their true name, a nickname, or an alias, whatever the case that's the name the Chembarons will call them by, which may hint that initially the monster may even originally have been a female human, which is almost unrecognisable in her current monstrous and inhuman appearance.

..............

It will be a fighter champion, who relies on the tools embedded into their body that will stick out and flay around in the moment of attack. Like a chainsaw sticking out from her stomach or something, before retracting it once they're done.

And due to this kind of "fighting style", her spells also cost HP.

..............

Hire me, Riot.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

I like the idea of her being a tool for another person (in this case a chembaron). And the background story could be heartbreaking, depends if we get to know who she was before and what exactly happened to her.

SEKAI1 votes

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I like the idea of her being a tool for another person (in this case a chembaron). And the background story could be heartbreaking, depends if we get to know who she was before and what exactly happened to her.

If I were to write:

They were an orphan or an abandoned child among the many that were gathered from the slums and backstreets and put into the program of "selection", that will determine who is the most fit to become the said hound by putting them through the first step of the whole process. Ofc, the unfit probably just died, either during the process or disposed in other ways after determining that they were a failed subject. And this particular character are one among the so little couple that survive (they would probably be multiple "hounds", at minimum each Chembaron would own at least one of them), with their body completely twisted and their mind broken; but it's not like the Chembarons really care, they like it better that way anyway.

This "hound", has a female name, or at least that was what the serial number found strapping on their ankle matched to on the registration pad when the selection ended. And it was unclear if it ever was her real name or was just an alias made up on the spot for identification purposes only, let's just say it wasn't the easiest thing to try and get all of them into line without any issues breaking out and this production chain doesn't run the smoothest. Neither did the "hound" responded to the call of their supposed name after surviving the selection process, and was required training to recognise that as their name, though it may have been due to the effect of the selection process.

After the initial step, the test subject will be much more "obedient" and "resilient" to all future changes. Thus allowing them to be modified to the brim to the point they can no longer be called a human by any definition, armed literally to the teeth with weapons stashed throughout their body, and have 0 qualms with horrific and almost self-destructive "fighting style" of poking random stuff out of their body.

They are tools, and Chembarons are not the lot who cherish their tools enough to routinely clean them every morning; while deemed as of the highest assets value, they are still inherently seen as disposable and replaceable.

After the hounds are made, assuming they never died in missions earning "early retirement", they typically have a max life expectancy of roughly 10-15 years before they inevitably go "faulty" and is thus replaced for the next batch.

.............

Ofc, that's the background information. The reason why this hound is somehow more important is because

clap .... TADAA

They're going to have character development!

Maybe.

SEKAI2 votes

Did you just assume their gender?

Chembaron Yamada2 votes

Yes, I did! he said confidently, feeling safe because of internet anonymity

Epicurus2 votes

Baron Voss would be an interesting champion. She's the Baron(ess) who owned the mine where Urgot was imprisoned, and all we know about her is that she's a sadist. Urgot has personal reasons to want her dead, and (assuming she's still alive) she knows that Urgot will be gunning for her. She lost a lot of wealth and reputation in the breakout, so to what lengths would she go to win back her power?

This would be a mix of the first and last options.

On the downside, Voss is obviously a villain, and Zaun already has a lot of villains.

Ebonmaw Dragon2 votes

Technically ZAC and Blitzcrank are genderless... so,

Female: Janna Jinx

Genderless: Blitzcrank Zac

Male: Ekko Singed Twitch Urgot Viktor Ziggs Warwick

BUT!

Urgot is from Noxus, Ziggs from Bandle and Vi from Zaun... So, the real list is:

Female: Janna Jinx Vi

Genderless: Blitzcrank Zac

Male: Ekko Singed Twitch Viktor Warwick

So, Zaun lacks of genderless champions, not women... We need more genderless Zaunite Champions, i suggest a robot dragon.

Chembaron Yamada3 votes

Honestly, I feel a robot dragon would feel a bit misplaced there. And I don't see the birth place really important here.

Yes, Urgot was born in Noxus and lived there for a big part of his life. But there is a reason they moved him from being a Noxian champion to being a Zaunite. While he was born in Noxus, all his business and life is going on in Zaun now. And his whole character concept screams Zaunite.

Which would include Vi here as well. She was born in Zaun, but she is living in Piltover now. We don't even know if she is still visiting Zaun, even if it isn't a huge way to get down there.

Ebonmaw Dragon2 votes

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Honestly, I feel a robot dragon would feel a bit misplaced there. And I don't see the birth place really important here.

Yes, Urgot was born in Noxus and lived there for a big part of his life. But there is a reason they moved him from being a Noxian champion to being a Zaunite. While he was born in Noxus, all his business and life is going on in Zaun now. And his whole character concept screams Zaunite.

Which would include Vi here as well. She was born in Zaun, but she is living in Piltover now. We don't even know if she is still visiting Zaun, even if it isn't a huge way to get down there.

It was a joke, because Zaunite dragons are actually a thing from the old lore (And Riot confirmed that the Terror of Zaun still alive in the new lore, dont let Vilemaw fool you)

And when i say dragon, i mean Ebonmaw, the best dragon

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VqGohuObGI8/maxresdefault.jpg

Some day Ebonmaw, some day will return and burn Piltover to the ground.

M00ndanc31 votes

if ebonmaw burns down piltover it would land on top of zaun tho

GenoXx2 votes

I really, really want to get a chance to see Jinx's sister.......unfortunately tho...

velraptured1 votes

Vi is Jinx's sister...

Chembaron Yamada2 votes

This is one theory, but it is not really confirmed yet. Arguments can be made for the theory as well as against it.

Anyway, the main theme of this thread is female Zaunites in general. Do you have any idea of what you would like to see in that regard in the future? [slayer-jinx-wink]

GreenLore1 votes

Kinda fitting is the fact that Piltover is one of the few(if not the only one) city states who has more female champs than male ones Heimerdinger Jayce Ezreal

Caitlyn Camille Vi Orianna

Though if Corki gets retconned into a piltovian yordle(which his lore already suggests,though the universe page still lists him as a bandle city yordle) then it'll be even.

Axe Named Sword1 votes

I think the medic archetype, maybe give her some heals that require the other player to stand still next to them for a few seconds, acting more like a battlefield surgeon more than your typical "magic it away" type of healer that you see in game, and maybe give the heal some minor buffs for a few seconds afterwards too. She could also use anesthetics for slows, throw small chemical vials for poke, and maybe even have some augments herself for self defense, after all, Zaun is a dangerous place, and you can't really make a living down there defenseless. Just some ideas.

Ralanr1 votes

Oriana is technically a Zaun champion over a Piltover one.

Myrmiron1 votes

All the other women live in Mundo's basement.

General Jinx1 votes

RIOT pls... this has gone on long enough give us jinx's sister !!! [zombie-nunu-tears]

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